Randwick Guineas


The Randwick Guineas is an Australian Turf Club Group One Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, run at set weights over a distance of 1600 metres at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia in March as a part of the Sydney Autumn Carnival. Total prize money for the race is A$1 million.

History

The winner of this race automatically qualifies for a berth in the Australian Derby and Doncaster Mile
This race is the first leg of the Sydney Three Year Old "Triple Crown" consisting of the Rosehill Guineas and Australian Derby.

Name

This race replaced the former event Canterbury Guineas, which was discontinued after the 2005 running after the Australian Jockey Club and the Sydney Turf Club implemented major program changes streamlining the major races into the race calendar.
As the Canterbury Guineas the race was originally run in the spring in early September but after 1978 the race was run early in the autumn as prep race for the rich Sydney carnival.

Distance

Randwick Guineas (2006– )

† Change in scheduling of race from spring to autumn